Inclusive Practice

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Running Head: Inclusive Practice
INCLUSIVE PRACTICE

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Table of Contents
Identifying the need.........................................................................................................................2
Description of the social problem....................................................................................................2
Evidence of the problem..................................................................................................................2
Target group.....................................................................................................................................3
Scope for the activity.......................................................................................................................4
The response....................................................................................................................................4
Activities offered.............................................................................................................................4
Timeline...........................................................................................................................................5
Anticipated number of people.........................................................................................................5
Participating organisation................................................................................................................5
ILC focus areas................................................................................................................................6
Principles of effective practice in disability and inclusion..............................................................6
Reflection on contemporary understandings of inclusion...............................................................7
Information from the views.............................................................................................................7
The result.........................................................................................................................................7
ILC outcomes...................................................................................................................................7
Groups experiencing the outcomes..................................................................................................8
Reference List..................................................................................................................................9

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Identifying the need
Society refers to an aggregate of people who interact with one another and are dependent on each
other for their needs to be met. Community refers to a group of people who reside within the
same geographical location and share a common set of beliefs, attitudes and values. People,
regardless of their abilities or disabilities have the right to be included and participate in all
community-based activities. However, the community and its operational frameworks are often
based on the abilities of the majority of people. This formulates certain barriers for people with
disabilities as they are unable to access their needs or participate in the activities. This project
proposal will review the barriers posed in the lives of people with psychosocial disability and
then propose a framework to obtain a resolution of those issues.
Description of the social problem
Psychosocial disability is a universally accepted term decided in the United Nations Convention
on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (White Swan Foundation, 2017). It refers to the people
who have serious impairment in their mental condition and as a result, have certain restrictions
posed on them. These restrictions prevent them from interacting with other people and becoming
an active member of society. Psychosocial disability is a consequence of the impairment that
relates to only to the social aspect of an individual’s life. As a result no every person diagnosed
with a mental condition will have a psychosocial disability (Ncbi, 2017). It is based on the social
model of disabilities that deal with the barriers and problems that an individual is likely to face
which will degrade his quality of life and prevent him from living their life like others. Such
social disabilities are greatly associated with mental impairment or disorder. A mental disorder
can be identified through a set of symptoms that cause a disturbance in the individual’s
cognitive, behavioural and emotional abilities.
Evidence of the problem
A survey of its kind was published in 2015, where the number of people with disabilities were
recorded. This survey mainly focused on people with psychosocial and non-psychosocial

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disabilities. It reported that about 1045900 people, which made up for 4.5% of the Australian
population had psychosocial disabilities. This was found to be the most common form of
disability (Abs, 2017). A quarter or 24.4% of people recorded with any type of disability have a
psychosocial disability as well. Psychosocial disability was found to increase with age. One in
every four women and one in every five men, over the age of 85 are likely to suffer from a
psychosocial disability. In children below the age of 14, boys are twice more likely that the girls
within the same age groups to have psychosocial disabilities (MH Australia, 2017). Two among
every five people with a psychosocial disability has profound levels of restrictions on their core
social activities.
Contexts that construct the problem
Help and assistance provided to groups of people with psychosocial disability are marginalised.
Moreover, there has been no significant work undertaken related to this issue in the past years.
Information regarding this problem is also limited. As a result, people with such disabilities are
under-represented and have to live without any assistance from healthcare organisations. As a
result, they are unable to access various institutions and services present in the society. A
significant issue that is not directly caused by their individual disabilities is stigma and
discrimination (Chess connect, 2019). Due to lack of information and negligent amount of
representation in the media, the general public is still unaware of the needs of such people.
Henceforth, they continue to live in desolate conditions, dependent on other people for assistance
and with substantial barriers to exercise their civil rights (Your health in mind, 2018).
Target group
It has been found that the intensity of these disabilities are likely to degenerate with age and the
scope of treatments and therapies as old age is also limited. As a result, it would be logical to
organise an intervention plan where the disabilities can be identified or diagnosed at an early
level. This increases the time period for which therapy and assistance can be provided to provide
a better quality of loving. Moreover, through effective assistance, individuals can be promoted to
live an independent life (Aihw, 2019). It is also easier to counter the disabilities at an early stage
and the individual is also likely to respond better. As a result, the project will focus on people
with psychosocial disabilities within the age groups of 0 to 50.